Surgeon general candidate Joe Biden has said the public may not get the coronavirus vaccine until the summer.
Dr. Vivek Murthy’s comments came after the Trump administration’s timeline suggested that the public could have access to the vaccine as early as April 2021.
‘I think when it comes to the vaccination timeline, we all want the vaccine to be delivered as quickly, fairly as possible, and you can be sure that I and others on the Biden team all day and night working towards that. , ‘Murthy told NBC on Sunday. ‘But we also want to be honest about the timeline’.
He said the vaccine – currently being given to high-risk people including health care workers and nursing home residents – could be made more widely available. spring for those at lower risk of contracting with Covid-19.
However, Murthy said that for this to happen ‘he would have to go according to plan’.
Surgeon general candidate Joe Biden has said the public may not get the coronavirus vaccine until the summer. Dr Vivek Murthy’s comments came after the Trump administration’s timeline suggested the public could have access to the vaccine as early as April 2021. Pictured: Murthy speaks at a press conference December 8th
‘I think it’s more reasonable to assume that it could be closer to mid-summer or early fall when this vaccine makes its way to the general public.
‘We want to be optimistic but we also want to be careful,’ he told NBC.
For his part, Biden has pledged to deliver 100 million vaccines in his first 100 days.
Murthy said the ambitious goal was’ doable ‘but said it was necessary to’ prepare and be ready for execution, ” Fox News reported.
He also said that he and ‘others and the Biden team’ were working with the Trump administration and vaccine providers to ensure that the vaccines are delivered smoothly once they are ready.
‘This is the most aggressive and progressive vaccination campaign we have tried in the history of this country, and that is why we are ready on the first day,’ said Murthy.
The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal on Friday, prompting efforts to repel a revolution so hard that the country consistently records more than 3,000 deaths each day.
Much-needed doses are expected to come Monday after the Food and Drug Administration approved emergency vaccination by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health.
The vaccine is currently only offered to people at high risk including health care workers and nursing home residents. Pictured: Pittsburgh nurse takes the vaccination process to a patient waiting Thursday
Sandra Lindsay (pictured), an ICU nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York City, was one of the first Americans to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the U.S.
In the first phase of vaccine rollout, most states followed Centers for Disease Control recommendation that health care workers and nursing home residents receive the first dose.
However, state-to-state changes are likely to arise in the priority groups, said Jennifer Kates of the Kaiser Family Foundation, which has been analyzing state vaccination plans.
‘I think we’ll see states fall out in different ways,’ with some putting older people ahead of essential workers, Kates said.
A CDC advisory panel has said critical workers and the elderly should be in the next line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine after medical staff.
Approximately 30million first responders, teachers, food and agriculture workers, those in manufacturing, the U.S. Postal Service, public transportation, and grocery store staff, as well as approximately 19million adults 75 and over introduction, advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. the panel said Sunday.
The panel voted 13-1 to make the move that would make, in total, 49 million people eligible to be vaccinated in the next round, known as Stage 1B.
Phase 1A, involving medical staff and those in long-term living facilities, began this week.
Differences between state plans and the CDC proposal can also be seen in the ways in which states choose to prioritize sections of the population according to race.
In the US, black and Hispanic people are nearly three times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people.
All states have been advised to consider ethnic minorities as an emergency and vulnerable group in their vaccine circulation plans, in line with the Centers for Disease Control guidance.
As a result, half of the country’s states have outlined plans that now prioritize black, Hispanic and indigenous residents as the spread of the vaccine begins.